“And I think certainly, if we look at what’s happening now, this is very much a product of the outrage machine,” Rushdie said. “Yes, there’s this stupid film…and the correct response to a stupid film on YouTube is to say it’s a stupid film on YouTube, and you get on with the rest of your life. So to take that and to deliberately use it to inflame your troops, you know, is a political act,” Rushdie added. “That’s not about religion, that’s about power.” http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/20/rushdie-unrest-a-product-of-the-outrage-machine/
And listen to the interview with Salman Rushdie.